Continuing from the previous post
https://www.minimannamoments.com/i-will-put-my-name-here/
and keeping the Hebrew letter Shin
in mind while looking
at an old map…
we’ll follow through to an amazing conclusion.
In the old biblical map of Jerusalem.
There are three significant valleys that make up this city.
Two that flank its outskirts and one that runs near the middle of the old city they are called Kidron, Hinnon and Tyropean.
Some significance has been applied to the fact that there are three valleys that comprise the city of Jerusalem’s geography:
The Valley of Ben Hinnom, Tyropoeon Valley, and Kidron Valley, and these valleys converge to form the shape of the letter shin, and the Temple in Jerusalem is located where the dagesh, (horizontal line) is.
This is seen as a fulfillment of passages such as Deuteronomy 16:2 that instructs Jews to celebrate the Pasach at “the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name” (NIV).
You can see a remarkable geological phenomena as these 3 valleys converge to also form the shape of the letter shin, and where the Temple in Jerusalem is located.
The map below identifies the geography of ancient Jerusalem during the times that the scriptures reference above.
Three valleys surround Jerusalem, the Kidron Valley on the east, The Refaiim Valley, just east of the City of Zion, and the Hinom Valley south and west of the City of Zion.
There are three mountains in Jerusalem
from base to top are Mt. Ophel, Mt. Zion, and Mt. Moriah.
Mt. Ophel is where the pool of Siloam was.
This symbolizes cleansing.(2 Chron 27:3).
Also where Jesus/Yeshua healed the blind man.
John 9:7-11
Mt. Zion is where David’s tabernacle sat.
This symbolises deliverance (Ps 2:6, Oba 1:17).
Mt. Moriah is where the temple sat.
This symbolises God’s Glory (2 Chron 3:1, 7:1-4).
These three mountains represent salvation, separation unto God (worship), and the power of Holy Ghost/Ruach HaKodesh.
Kidron Valley (Valley of the Shadow of Death)
During the Feast of Tabernacles at night, four enormous oil lamps burned in the Temple courtyard.
Each lamp had four large bowls of oil on tall stands, with wicks made from worn-out garments of the priests.
It is written in a Hebrew commentary, that “there was not a courtyard in Jerusalem that did not reflect the light” (Mishnah, Sukkoth 5:3).
The lights could be seen throughout Jerusalem; however due to the depth and angle, the Kidron Valley remained in shadow.
The Kidron Valley has many burial sites, since many believe that the resurrection will begin there.
For these reasons, it is said that the Kidron Valley was called the “Valley of the Shadow of Death,” as in Psalm 23:4.
David likely wrote Psalm 23 when fleeing from his son, Absalom (a type of the False Messiah), across the Kidron Valley – 2 Samuel 15.
Psalm 23 is likely a prophetic reference to the Messiah, Yeshua, who was arrested at the Garden of Gethsemane, then brought to Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley.
Tyropoeon Valley
The rugged Tyropoeon Valley separates Mount Moriah from Mount Zion and was spanned by bridges, most notably Zion Bridge, connecting the royal palace on Mount Zion to the Temple.
A fragment of an arch of this bridge, called “Robinson’s Arch”, was discovered by historian Edward Robinson in 1838.
Hinnom Valley
The name of the Hinnom Valley in Hebrew is GeHinnom, “Gehenna.”
Gehenna became associated with eternal torment (the lake of fire) because detestable infant sacrifices to Molech took place there.
Gehenna is translated “hell” in the KJV (Matthew 5:22, 29).
Gehenna is the valley of slaughter that will be used in the future (end times) as a place of slaughter, flames, and punishment for the wicked:
“Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.” – Jeremiah 19:6.
Amos 4:12-13 He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth – the LORD God Almighty is his name.
It is only El-Shaddai, God Almighty, who can do such amazing wonders. He is an almighty, all powerful, unlimited-authority, omnipotent God. No words come close to describing His infinite wonder.
An Olive Tree near Jerusalem shaped like a letter SHIN
Together with the Temple Mount and Jerusalem in their midst, they form the Hebrew letter Shin (high-lighted in red).
Could it be that God constructed the geography of the region to fulfill the verses above and actually, and physically, put His name on Jerusalem?
Is the fingerprint of God on Jerusalem for all to see? Maybe. Just an unusual occurrence.. perhaps, perhaps not, but it is something quite remarkable to meditate on.
God chose this little mark, out of all the letters in the Hebrew alphabet, to be used in a mighty way God also decided to use the Shin ש, this small humble marking, to carve His name into His chosen city, Jerusalem.
1 Kings 11:36 I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.
Maybe this scripture is not figuratively speaking but literal.
Look on the map below, follow the valleys, shaded in grey, to see God’s signature upon Jerusalem:
It is interesting to remember, when King David had conquered this area and settled it as his capital city, he would have had no way of knowing that the city was seated on top of the name of God.
Yet it was the place that God took him and told him,”This is the place where I have put my name” ( I Kings 11:56).
In a way, the city sits on the top of the name of God.
The standing geographical significance does not end with the sign of the sheen.
As the city is also made of three mountains hills Moriah, Ophel and Zion.
It actually sits on the top of the mountain called Zion which is why it is sometimes called Zion or the city of Zion
But it has three heads the upper most head is called Moriah, the centre one is called Ophel and the bottom head of the mountain is called Zion. Zion refers to the whole range.
There is one mountain out of the 7 that surround Jerusalem, it has three different heads or hills, it sounds very like our reference to One God and the similarity does not end there. The three heads have three significant names, these significances could not have been known by the Hebrews, who gave them their names originally. This in light of the fact that the full revelation of Jesus Christ the Messiah, Yeshua Ha Mashiach and the new Testament had not yet been given.
Consider These Names
Ophel – in Hebrew 0-fel
My Fortress, tower stronghold. Our Stronghold. The word opel in Hebrew means “a hill, to build a wall, to keep.” It refers to the hill to the east of Zion which was surrounded and fortified by a separate wall.
All of them are names for Yahweh God, Our Father God.
Zion – in Hebrew tsee-yoon it means The mark.
The sign the waymark the guiding pillar
Ephesians 1:13
Marked with a seal the promised holy spirit that means our father God the Holy Spirit.
Zion refers to the whole range, but it also refers to a specific area.
It means “stronghold, fortress.”
It also means “to show the way, to be white and to be pure.”
Moriah – to see God to be seen of God mo-ree-yaw
The first mountain that we will consider is Moriah. Already noted that it was in this area that the first and the second temples were built however, there are some other interesting things.
Jewish scholars say that Moriah was the first land to appear during creation.
It is further taught that it was from the red dirt of Moriah that Adam was created.
Moriah was the top of the range known as Zion.
Rabbinical legend also states that Moriah was in the center of the Garden of Eden and that this exact center of Eden was the location of the future Holy of Holies.
It is also taught that Moriah was the place where Adam was buried.
Moriah, from the root marah, was the place of God’s presence.
Where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his only son Isaac, thousands of years later, the temple was constructed there on Moriah. It was also within a stone’s throw of the place that Jesus was crucified. So God provided a lamb once again on Moriah.
It is in Jesus Christ / YeshuaHa Mashiach, that we saw God, (If you have seen Me you have seen the Father), and it was in Him, that we were seeing God face to face.
Ophel –
Our Fortress, Our Stronghold Yahweh, Our Father God
Moriah –
To see God or to be seen of God. It is Jesus Christ, God the Son.
Zion –
The mark that means our Father God the Holy Spirit.
Here is something worth a look..
It appears that
1 Kings 11:36
the city where I chose to put my Name,
may be more literal than simply a reference. The amazing photograph (below) taken from high above Israel, seemed worthy of further inspection. Maybe just a trick of the light on the mountain terrain but nonetheless curious and fascinating, simply because until recently in the modern era of satellites no one had been able to see it.
This satellite picture shows some Hebrew letters formed from the shadow of mountains on top of Israel.
The shadow looks exactly like Hebrew letters in an order as a sentence.
The letters spell this sentence “Because of Bethel the Lord God have made me fruitful.” The word ‘fruitful’ is ‘Ephraim’. These words appeared right in the area where the tribe of Ephraim was.
Recently a satellite picture discovered five rock structures that formed in a shape of a shoe on a foot in Gilgal 
This is related to Ps 108:8-9 and Ps 60:8.
Gilgal is the place where the Israelites camped before they entered the Promised Land.
The shape is formed by five structures.
It is also where they were circumcised – Jos 4:19-22.
‘Gilgal’ means ‘to awheel’ or ‘to recircle’.
More pictures of the ‘Name’, in the mountains.
Zion refers to the whole range of hills.
A Note About The Eastern Gate,
also known as the Beautiful Gate, or the Golden Gate, has been blocked for 1,000 years.
Many people believe the gate will be opened again when Messiah comes. Moslems see it as standing upon the threshold of heaven and hell. By being buried there they wanted to be first in line for resurrection.
When God said Jerusalem was where he put His Name He meant it literally.
The very valleys declare His Name and the mountains that the city sits upon calls out His Name.
This could be very well what Jesus meant when He said as He entered the city through the eastern gate, recorded in Luke 19:37-40
‘And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.’
‘And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.’
When the Jews told Jesus to silence his disciples Jesus replied that even if they are quiet the very rocks will cry out My Name.
He could not have spoken more literally or more truly.
How much more can we be assured that He cares for each of us who have His Name written on our hearts as He repeatedly touches Israel, Jerusalem and His children saying, “Mine, mine, mine.”
What is much more wonderful is that we can say we are His, His, His!
PLEASE Don’t leave this page without assurance in your heart that you are saved.
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Above: Skull Hill as seen in 1901 from the northern walls of Jerusalem’s Old City.
The letter Shin is often inscribed on the mezuzot placed on all the doorways of Jewish buildings. as God told the Israelites to do in Deut. 6:9.
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